Handle for valves, shafts, or the like



Feb. 3. 1925.

W, B. UNDERWOOD HANDLE FOR VALVES, sHAFTs, 0R yTHE LIKE Filed Aug. 21, 1924 INVENTOR. A l/cdemzzwwoork 131,3 ATTORNEYS.

Patented F eb. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y

WEEDEN B; UNDERWOOD, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WILMOT CASTLE COMPANY, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HANDLE FOR VALVES, SHAFTS, OR THE LIKE. n

Application led August 21, 1924. Serial No. 733,400.

T 0 all ywhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VEEDEN B. UNDER- woon, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Valves, Shafts, or the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to handles for valves, shafts or the like, and an object thereof is tosecure to the valve stem or shaft a handle in such a manner that the nut which fastens the handle in place is locked against turning and is at the same To these and other ends, the inventionconsists of certain parts and combinations Y of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described; the novel features being pointed ont in the appended claims.

In t-he drawings: Y

Fig. l is a vertical section through a handle constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the underside of the grip portion of the handle; and

Fig. 3 is a top view of the anchoring portion of the handle secured to the stem or shaft,

Referring more particularly to the illustrated embodiment of the invention, l indicates the valve stem or other shaft which has a polygonally formed portion 2 near one end and a screw threaded portion 3 beyond said polygonally formedl portion.

On the polygonally formed portion anV and which, in this instance, acts as` a non conductor of heat and electricity. This member has a pocket 7 in its underside with a contour conforming to the perimeter of the anchoring member l and preferably non* circular so that a turning between the two parts cannot take place. This grip portion also has a ocket 8 within the pocket 7 for receiving tie nut 5, the contour of this pocket being polygonal to conform to the perimeter of the nut 5, thereby acting to hold the nut against turning on the stem l.

To secure the grip portion to the anchoring portion t, the latter has two bolt openings 9 counter-sunk at 10 to receive the heads l1 of the bolts 1 2, the bolts being eX- tended through the bolt opening and being anchored in the anchoring member 4 which has screw threaded openings 18 to receive such bolts.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a handle for valve stems, shafts or the like in which there is a grip portion secured to an anchoring portion which is held to the shaft or stem by a nut, the grip portion having such engagement with the nut as to prevent the turning of the latter on t-he shaft and such grip portion also being secured to the anchoring portion against turning. This arrangement makes it possible to make the grip port-ion of a material which will ornament the handle and render it ka non-conductor to l. In combination with a shaft, a handle for turning the same embodying an anchor? ing member secured to the shaft, a nut secured to the anchoring member, and a grip portion secured to the anchoringv member soL and engaging the nut to prevent the turning to the shaft, a grip portion having a pocket receiving the anchoring portion, and a pocket receiving the nut7 and means for anchoring the grip portion to the anchoring portion.

VVEEDEN B. UNDEBVOOD. 

